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🎭 In the Spotlight

A few weeks ago, we had the best time at the Superior Farmer’s Market, and this week’s BYLPie spotlight goes to someone who jumped in immediately, volunteering to give glitter tattoos to kids and spreading joy all afternoon ✨

You might recognize him from some of our recent fall musicals as unforgettable villains (Gaston and Pulitzer), but don’t be fooled, Connor is truly one of the kindest, most thoughtful humans you’ll meet.

Get to know Connor a little better below!

🎭 BackStory Backstory
“I first got involved in elementary school with an after school program, and I’ve stayed with BackStory ever since.”

⭐ Dream Role
“Hamilton or Hades”

🍿 Snack Break
“Whatever I happen to bring that day”

🎶 Earworm
“I don’t currently have one”

🌟 Wildcard
“I am a certified 1st degree black belt in taekwondo”

We’re so lucky to have young artists like Connor in our BackStory family, on stage, off stage, and everywhere in between.

Colorado has a strong tradition of live theatre, and across the Front Range, from Westminster to Fort Collins. There's no shortage of companies creating bold, memorable work in spaces of all sizes.

We want to take time to highlight those companies.

Over the next several weeks we want to introduce you to maybe some old friends, or companies you didn't know existed, or to add your voice to the loud cheers these incredible companies have come to know.

And we want you to introduce US to THEM!

But let us not get ahead of ourselves...

Hi, we are :11 After Theatre Company.

Many of you know us, and to some hopefully we are meeting you for the first time.

:11 After Theatre Company is a nomadic company.

You may ask yourself what that means?

It means we have the rare privilege of partnering with theatre companies across the Front Range.

Bringing bold, high-level productions into spaces as intimate as 75 seats and as expansive as 300. We have partnered with The Longmont Museum, Coal Creek Theatre Company of Louisville, Theatre Company of Lafayette, The Louisville Underground and the list goes on and we want to add more names to that list.

For over 20 years, :11 After Theatre Company has taken many shapes, different spaces, different artists, different chapters. But the reason we exist has never changed.

We believe in the power of theatre.

In the kind of storytelling that doesn’t just entertain, but shifts something. Quietly, unexpectedly, and sometimes all at once.

When :11 After was founded, it wasn’t just about producing shows. It was about building something rooted in values, ones that every person who walks through our doors actively carries. Not just something we say, but something we practice whether it be in rehearsal rooms, design meetings but probably the most important, in the way we show up for each other.

Because the goal isn’t just great theatre.

It’s creating a space where audiences, actors, directors, designers, technicians can walk in and feel it immediately:

There’s a place for me here.

A place where emerging artists aren’t just welcomed, they’re trusted.

Where experienced artists aren’t just showcased, they’re challenged.

Where collaboration feels less like hierarchy and more like shared ownership of something fleeting and alive.

There’s always been a little bit of magic in our story, those strange, meaningful moments when the clock hits :11 (hint hint the name of the company) and something ordinary opens into something more.

That’s what we chase.

Not perfection. Not spectacle for its own sake.
But connection. Presence. The kind of work that lingers after the lights go down.

What we’re building is more than a company.
It’s a home. For artists, for the audience, for anyone searching for something real.

This is :11 After Theatre Company.

And the story is still unfolding.